Spaces of harassment: a multilevel analysis of the role of community ethnic composition, segregation and social disorganisation among ethnic minorities in Britain

[…] significant for minorities’ fear of harassment; in part, because experiences of harassment affect the victim’s fear of future harassment, but also because harassment experiences spill over to impact fear among a victim’s close social contacts. These findings have important implications for the theorising of harassment and support the inclusion of community-level measures in national […]

Why do natives and non-natives have different housing outcomes? Evidence from Britain

[…] information. Findings: The probability models for housing tenure reveal significant variation in the outcomes which are robust to several econometric specifications. Research limitations/implications: As migration and its impact on local economy is a highly debated topic across several major regions of the world, the findings bring out important insights with policy implications. The research […]

The dynamics of income inequality: the case of China in a comparative perspective

[…] the true level of inequality in China to a greater degree than they do for the other countries. But even after we have taken into account the impact of mobility, permanent income is still more unequally distributed in China than in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Moreover, in the three Western […]

Persistent poverty in Scotland 2010-2021

[…] poverty in Scotland and in the other countries in the UK. The estimates are used to monitor progress in reducing poverty. The latest persistent poverty estimates relate to the period between January 2017 and December 2021. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had a small impact on data collection, see the Data source section for more information.